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I was in the hospital for about 40 hours. I had some chest discomfort that I couldn't reason away. It was over a fairly broad area of my chest and it didn't get altered by breathing or moving and it wasn't gastric. In hindsight, I think it was due to a good dose of nitrates that I had consumed earlier in the day. This has given me something not unlike a niacin flush (for you vitamin freaks out there) ..but more localized to the diaphragm. The same sensation, although not painful per se~, can be felt with the dye that's used in CAT scans. My wife was working overnight and I thought that it would be really stupid to have her return home to a corpse if something did come of it and I wasn't able to reach a phone. So off I drive to the ER and wake up the triage nurse (pretty young thing that took my merciless humor assaults in stride). Naturally, they find nothing ...but that's just not good enough. So, the ER doctor, who I expected to play Pontius Pilate and merely throw me in a holding pattern until more specialized physicians arrive for rounds, actually spent some time with me and said that he needed to admit me to confirm that there was nothing wrong.
Well, they found nothing wrong. My family physician showed up in the morning ..as did my old family physician (Pulmonary specialist that took us on until his patient load got too high). They both asked what's up and asked a few questions ..as did their cardiac specialist.
I managed to ask all of them how one can become un-hyper tensive when you've been hyper tensive for over a decade. They didn't have a clue. I pushed on and said ..sure there are ways to reduce hyper tension with diet ..exercise ..lifestyle changes ...but I'm still a walking risk factor and am no longer hyper tensive. I told them all that I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop in some "House" type situation where the loss of hyper tension in the midst of aggravating risk factors is some obscure and critical condition.
They said that they would name it "Allan's syndrome" if I do indeed succumb to some new rare condition that fits the bill.
Nursing babe-age has improved. All the nurses my age are retiring. Displays of tattoos and body piercings were entertaining. Meiko didn't get insulted when I reflected her abbreviated English. She did very well with L's and R's. This place felt more like a spa than it did a medical facility.
Well, they found nothing wrong. My family physician showed up in the morning ..as did my old family physician (Pulmonary specialist that took us on until his patient load got too high). They both asked what's up and asked a few questions ..as did their cardiac specialist.
I managed to ask all of them how one can become un-hyper tensive when you've been hyper tensive for over a decade. They didn't have a clue. I pushed on and said ..sure there are ways to reduce hyper tension with diet ..exercise ..lifestyle changes ...but I'm still a walking risk factor and am no longer hyper tensive. I told them all that I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop in some "House" type situation where the loss of hyper tension in the midst of aggravating risk factors is some obscure and critical condition.
They said that they would name it "Allan's syndrome" if I do indeed succumb to some new rare condition that fits the bill.
Nursing babe-age has improved. All the nurses my age are retiring. Displays of tattoos and body piercings were entertaining. Meiko didn't get insulted when I reflected her abbreviated English. She did very well with L's and R's. This place felt more like a spa than it did a medical facility.
